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Update: The trial, which began Wednesday, has produced some startling testimony involving social media evidence about the events of August 11. A possible coverup by one of the defendants included an attempt to enlist Steubenville’s longtime football coach, Reno Saccoccia, in heading off any charges. In a text sent on August 14 he claimed: ‘I
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A TV reporter who’s been after Casey Anthony for years badgered her mercilessly as she emerged from seclusion to attend a bankruptcy creditors meeting in Tampa. Orlando WFTV reporter Kathi Belich, who made a name for herself shouting “Casey, did you kill Caylee?” in 2008, picked up where she left off Monday. Belich was one
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In a nationally watched case followed minute-by-minute on Twitter, University of Montana quarterback Jordan Johnson was found not guilty of raping a woman he knew from the school last February. A jury in Missoula deliberated for less than three hours before coming to the verdict. Hundreds of Twitter posts have been made at the hashtag
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The nationally watched rape trial of the University of Montana’s suspended star quarterback—a case that has already contributed to the firing of the Grizzlies’ football coach and athletic director— is playing out in real time in what’s being called Trial by Twitter. On one side is the accuser, a University of Montana student whose name
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In the never-ending quest to expand the market for cosmetic surgery, here’s a new wrinkle–chemical poker faces. A New York City doctor of aesthetic medicine who likes to gamble has come up with the idea of “Pokertox,” a treatment for players that includes Botox and facial fill-ins. Dr. Jack Berdy tells the Huffington Post: “Some […]
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